Electro-optic coefficients of lithium tantalate at near-infrared wavelengths

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1948-1952

  Casson, Joanna L ^a,b   Gahagan, Kevin T ^c   Scrymgeour, David A ^d   Jain, Ravinder K ^b   Robinson, Jeanne M ^a   Gopalan, Venkatraman ^d   Sander, Robert K ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; INFRARED RADIATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ELECTROOPTIC COEFFICIENTS; LITHIUM TANTALATE;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 9244264434     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001948     Document Type: Article

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